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I just added the Falcons to our Madden NFL 10 player database, completing the NFC South. They join the NFC North, added last week, and will eventually join the other six divisions as EA Sports announces them in the coming weeks.

Remember that database of Madden NFL 10 rookie player ratings? That was cool, wasn’t it? I thought it was. So now I’m doing one for the entire NFL.

There is a catch, though. It’s not the entire NFL yet. EA Sports is releasing the player ratings team by team on their web site and I’m in turn putting them in the DB as fast as they’re putting them on the web. So this means right now there are only the Packers, Lions, Bears and Vikings represented.

I repeat: Before you post a comment demanding why the Raiders aren’t there, there are only four teams now, I know. A new team will be added every day Monday through Thursday until the end of July.

I’ve played all the Metal Gears (except for the real Japanese sequel), and I say I have pretty good grasp of the franchise. I know the major plots from the past (Gray Fox, Big Boss) and present (Shadow Moses Island, Virtuous Mission) but sometimes I forget the details.

That’s when you need to look up FAQs or catch-me-up guides. I swear Metal Gear is the one of the few franchises where you have to read layers and layers of information to understand the mythology. This is where the Metal Gear 4 Database helps out.

It’s a great resource if you’re just getting into the series or if you haven’t played a Metal Gear game in a while. It has all the information you need to know and blacks out any possible spoilers. (How convenient!) I’m tearing through the game right now and I need to know what was up with Liquid’s arm or find out who was that buxom triple agent.

It even files the game’s mythology according to relationships, timelines and categories. The interface isn’t that bad either, very easy to use.

It’s good idea to download the program. It’s available free on the PlayStation Store and at 77MB it doesn’t take that long to download.